Many spiders are mistaken for the brown recluse, but few have toxic venom, and even fewer are a threat to humans.

You know the feeling. You're sweeping your basement or cleaning your garage and a big spider scurries out from under your broom. What is it? Do you need to do anything except jump and maybe give a ...

A wolf spider carries recently hatched babies on her back while sunning on a rock in Olathe, Kansas. The Kansas City Star North Carolina is home to more than 1,200 species of animals, including ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its own official state spider? It’s the largest of its species and one of the biggest in the state. If caught off guard, spotting this arachnid in person might be ...

They're not attracted to your body lotion. They don't crawl in your mouth at night. In fact, they want nothing to do with you. The American nursery web spider, seen here, is often mistaken for a wolf ...

Did you know that autumn is spider mating season? Here's how male spiders find their female mates during fall.

Spiders are a common nuisance found worldwide. They come from the arachnid family. There are more than 37,000 species of spiders found around the world. Some, such as the common house spider, are ...

Scientists found a “peculiar” hairy animal in the mountains of Central Asia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Fomichev, Omelko and Marusik (2024) Thousands of feet up in the ...

A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a new study. A limited menu of prey may ...

Scientists found a “large” animal with 8 eyes in forests of Taiwan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Tai Jyun Chang via Unsplash In a forest in Taiwan, a “large” creature sat ...